awkward

"Sometime you need to distance yourself from people. If they care, they'll notice. If they don't, then you know where you stand."

maybe
          these poems are just
          words
          randomly separated 
          by hitting enter
          
          or maybe 
          i just don't get poetry
          
          -Lauren on good reads

"Why not?", he asked. 
          "Because I'm scared", I replied
          "Scared of what?"
          "Of falling for you, and then you breaking my heart."
          
          -Instagram @ungivenlove

"I was back in high school when
          We were talking late, from ten
          Staying up till three am
          Just friends
          
          You didn't have your license yet
          We would lie under sun sets
          Without a single worry yet
          Just friends
          
          And you would let me cut your hair
          I thought about you everywhere
          I haven't been the same since then
          Just friends
          
          Cause every time I ran
          I ran to you
          I meant it every time I said I loved you
          I kiss the thought of you and I
          I still regret the day we said goodbye
          
          And do you think of me at night?
          I still wish we could've made it right
          But we can't say we never tried
          I guess everything seems more clear
          Here on the other side
          
          I left you at the station where
          I could cry and watch you stare
          Out the windows as you left
          Just friends
          
          I called you from a payphone. I'm
          Out of the country but I'm fine
          I just miss you all the time
          Just friends
          
          Cause every time I ran
          I ran to you
          I meant it every time I said I loved you
          I kiss the thought of you and I
          I still regret the day that we said goodbye
          
          And do you think of me at night?
          I still wish we could've made it right
          But we can't say that we never tried
          I guess everything seems more clear
          Here on the other side
          Here on the other side
          
          And there are so many things
          I wanted to say
          But I was a mess 
          And you moved away
          And I think of all the times that you were right
          I wish I could explain
          
          Cause every time I ran
          I ran to you
          I meant it every time I said I loved you
          I kiss the thought of you and I
          I still regret the day we said goodbye
          
          And do you think of me at night
          I still wish we could've made it right
          You can't say that I never tried
          You can't say that I never tried
          
          Cause every time I ran
          I ran to you
          I meant it every time I said I loved you
          I kiss the thought of you and I
          I still regret the day we said goodbye
          
          And do you think of me at night
          I still wish we could've made it right
          But we can't say we never tried
          I guess everything seems more clear
          Here on the other side

And if you're wondering
          I'm great
          I'm stronger now but still
          The same 
          My love for you it will
          Remain
          My friend "
          
          -"The Other Side" / / Tonight Alive

"I don't want you to talk to me about the things you've seen with your eyes wide open or the things you normally talk about to have a decent conversation. Tell me about who or what you see when your eyes are closed and your mind and soul wander around the unexplored side of you. Tell  me about the things you feel passionate about, let me fall in love with the way your face radiates, a light brighter than the sun itself, when you talk about the things you love. Tell me about the way your heart has been broken so many times and how so many left you because they were scared of your brokenness, let me be the one who loves you -who loves every single piece of your heart and helps you bring it back together- Tell me why you love rainy days so much and yet you're terrified of thunderstorms. I want to know you -all of you- even the parts that you've kept so deep inside that your have almost forgotten about them. Tell me about your fears and how you manage to bring up that beautiful smile of yours, even though you're so broken inside. Tell me and I'll tell you how my heart belonged to you even before we met."
          -liz.w

Lose the moon
          and you will spend
          your nights 
          wandering the stars
          in a foolish wonder--
          
          wonder
          because they
          are beautiful
          
          foolish
          because they
          are all the same.
          
          Lauren Eden

"You deserve more of their attention than their
          phone does.
          You deserve quality time, not just time.
          You deserve effort, not just routines.
          You deserve to be treated as if you are a 
          priority, not just the last thing on their checklist.
          You are special and you deserve to be the only 
          option.
          If that is too much to ask, you are asking it
          from the wrong person.
          If begging ever becomes your last approach to
          receive those things which ought to be freely
          given, it's safe to say you are out of your 
          damn mind.
          Begging to be loved is suicide.
          It's like going sky diving from the Eiffel Tower
          naked of proper equipment, and expecting
          gravity to overturn the outcome.
          It's like being a queen begging her servants to serve
          her or a lion running away from its prey.
          Insanity is for a woman like you to come 
          second or second to last on everything.
          It would be an injustice for a woman like you to
          ever fall for a man whose words aren't soaked
          in integrity and seasoned with consistency.
          An injustice, I say, to give your body to men
          who wouldn't dare walk next to you in public
          nor ever consider standing next to you at the 
          altar."

"I hope you fall in love
          I hope you fall in love with someone who
          always texts back and never lets you fall 
          asleep thinking you're unwanted.
          I hope you fall in love with someone who
          holds your hand during the scary parts of
          horror movies and burns cookies with you
          when you're too busy dancing around the
          kitchen.
          I hope you fall in love with someone who
          sees galaxies in your eyes and hears music
          in your heartbeats.
          I hope you fall in love with someone who
          tickles you and makes you smile on hard
          days and on easy ones.
          But beyond all that I hope you fall in love
          with someone who will never take you for
          granted, someone who will never leave you
          behind and who will stand by you
          when you're right and stand by you when
          you're wrong, someone who has seen you at
          your worst and has loved you still. 
          I hope you fall in love with someone who
          kisses you in the rain and hugs you in the 
          cold and wouldn't have you any other way."

"You will never realize how much
          you care about someone until the
          thought of them being with 
          someone else is enough to break
          your heart."
          -(via quotedthought on Instagram)